What does YOUR district spend per child?

These figures are from the 2008-09 South Carolina General Appropriations Bill. Each district receives money from local, state and federal sources but these appropriations exclude local bond revenues.

The statewide average for 2008-09 is:

$4,867 state, $1,097 federal, and $5,516 local = $11,480 per pupil

According to the SC Budget and Control Board’s analysis, only 44 cents per allocated dollar will reach the classroom in the form of instructional spending.

The US Department of Education estimates that South Carolina’s per-pupil spending was $1,300 more than North Carolina’s in 2006, the most recent year with complete data.

Here are the 2008-09 per-pupil averages for each of the South Carolina school districts (number of students in parenthesis):

Abbeville School District (3,366)
$5,948 state, $1,174 federal, and $3,561 local = $10,684

Aiken School District (23,689)
$4,790 state, $729 federal, and $3,802 local = $9,320

Allendale School District (1,511)
$11,049 state, $1,889 federal, and $4,912 local = $17,850

Anderson School District 1 (9,013)
$4,466 state, $532 federal, and $3,661 local = $8,659

Anderson School District 2 (3,664)
5,378 state, $762 federal, and $4,357 local = $10,497

Anderson School District 3 (2,643)
$5,474 state, $1,526 federal, and $3,851 local = $10,851

Anderson School District 4 (2,753)
$4,564 state, $1,083 federal, and $6,718 local = $12,365

Anderson School District 5 (12,286)
$4,965 state, $1,010 federal, and $5,046 local = $11,021

Bamberg School District 1 (1,449)
$6,139 state, $1,958 federal, and $3,628 local = $11,725

Bamberg School District 2 (832)
$8,608 state, $1,509 federal, and $5,443 local = $15,560

Barnwell School District 19 (821)
$6,737 state, $2,121 federal, and $4,146 local = $13,003

Barnwell School District 29 (843)
$6,538 state, $1,672 federal, and $3,983 local = $12,193

Barnwell School District 45 (2,440)
$6,026 state, $830 federal, and $3,078 local = $9,935

Beaufort School District (18,905)
$2,389 state, $977 federal, and $10,765 local = $14,131

Berkeley School District (27,451)
$4,635 state, $721 federal, and $5,927 local = $11,283

Calhoun School District (1,522)
$6,324 state, $1,059 federal, and $7,155 local = $14,538

Charleston School District (39,745)
$3,609 state, $1,328 federal, and $4,888 local = $9,824

Cherokee School District (9,027)
$5,157 state, $1,280 federal, and $6,749 local = $13,186

Chester School District total (5,665)
$5,549 state, $1,719 federal, and $4,029 local = $11,297

Chesterfield School District (7,770)
$5,604 state, $797 federal, and $3,268 local = $9,669

Clarendon School District 1 (851)
$6,857 state, $4,749 federal, and $6,475 local = $18,081

Clarendon School District 2 (2,992)
$5,597 state, $1,761 federal, and $3,461 local = $10,819

Clarendon School District 3 (1,231)
$5,535 state, $755 federal, and $3,353 local = $9,643

Colleton School District (5,965)
$5,150 state, $1,723 federal, and $3,286 local = $10,159

Darlington School District (10,824)
$5,384 state, $1,378 federal, and $5,193 local = $11,955

Dillon School District 1 (908)
$5,031 state, $1,031 federal, and $1,851 local = $7,913

Dillon School District 2 (3,321)
$5,704 state, $1,183 federal, and $1,736 local = $8,624

Dillon School District 3 (1,573)
$5,078 state, $1,430 federal, and $2,162 local = $8,670

Dorchester School District 2 (21,650)
$4,386 state, $462 federal, and $3,830 local = $8,679

Dorchester School District 4 (2,158)
$5,950 state, $1,974 federal, and $7,428 local = $15,352

Edgefield School District (3,929)
$5,578 state, $867 federal, and $3,613 local = $10,057

Fairfield School District (3,183)
$5,256 state, $1,080 federal, and $7,775 local = $14,112
Florence School District 1 (14,860)
$4,790 state, $1,765 federal, and $5,032 local = $11,587

Florence School District 2 (1,092)
$5,908 state, $1,020 federal, and $4,248 local = $11,177

Florence School District 3 (3,558)
5,760 state, $2,357 federal, and $2,869 local = $10,987

Florence School District 4 (858)
$8,035 state, $2,010 federal, and $5,844 local = $15,888

Florence School District 5 (1,486)
$5,620 state, $736 federal, and $3,914 local = $10,270

Georgetown School District (10,124)
$4,145 state, $1,004 federal, and $6,241 local = $11,390

Greenville School District (69,188)
$4,462 state, $664 federal, and $5,273 local = $10,399

Greenwood School District 50 (8,849)
$5,153 state, $1,007 federal, and $5,666 local = $11,825

Greenwood School District 51 (1,041)
$6,348 state, $1,224 federal, and $4,615 local = $12,188

Greenwood School District 52 (1,566)
$3,422 state, $809 federal, and $6,706 local = $10,937

Hampton School District 1 (2,688)
$5,707 state, $1,252 federal, and $2,944 local = $9,903

Hampton School District 2 (1,103)
$8,369 state, $1,644 federal, and $4,235 local = $14,248

Horry School District (36,514)
$3,858 state, $1,347 federal, and $7,606 local = $12,811

Jasper School District (3,099)
$5,199 state, $1,921 federal, and $10,636 local = $17,756

Kershaw School District (10,360)
$5,116 state, $775 federal, and $3,835 local = $9,727

Lancaster School District (11,461)
$5,094 state, $1,180 federal, and $4,071 local = $10,345

Laurens School District 55 (5,601)
$5,513 state, $1,088 federal, and $3,807 local = $10,409

Laurens School District 56 (3,182)
$5,706 state, $2,207 federal, and $3,143 local = $11,056

Lee School District (2,326)
$7,455 state, $1,834 federal, and $4,304 local = $13,593

Lexington School District 1 (21,134)
$4,951 state, $691 federal, and $6,628 local = $12,270

Lexington School District 2 (8,884)
$5,195 state, $3,351 federal, and $4,417 local = $12,963

Lexington School District 3 (1,920)
$6,108 state, $1,335 federal, and $6,372 local = $13,815

Lexington School District 4 (3,204)
$6,773 state, $2,632 federal, and $3,750 local = $13,155

Lexington School District 5 (16,582)
$5,294 state, $709 federal, and $6,597 local = $12,600

Marion School District 1 (2,860)
$5,490 state, $1,558 federal, and $2,789 local = $9,836

Marion School District 2 (1,822)
$5,683 state, $2,011 federal, and $2,750 local = $10,443

Marion School District 7 (679)
$8,964 state, $2,614 federal, and $3,184 local = $14,761

Marlboro School District (4,457)
$6,248 state, $2,017 federal, and $3,371 local = $11,636

McCormick School District (881)
$5,954 state, $776 federal, and $8,728 local = $15,458

Newberry School District (5,769)
$5,585 state, $1,257 federal, and $5,723 local = $12,565

Oconee School District (10,501)
$4,465 state, $973 federal, and $8,047 local = $13,484

Orangeburg School District 3 (3,014)
$6,098 state, $1,495 federal, and $7,336 local = $14,929

Orangeburg School District 4 (4,022)
$5,512 state, $1,759 federal, and $5,092 local = $12,363

Orangeburg School District 5 (6,302)
$6,162 state, $1,882 federal, and $5,919 local = $13,962

Pickens School District (16,234)
$4,756 state, $1,117 federal, and $4,073 local = $9,947

Richland School District 1 (22,690)
$5,568 state, $1,239 federal, and $10,079 local = $16,886

Richland School District 2 (24,557)
$4,478 state, $871 federal, and $6,271 local = $11,620

Saluda School District (2,017)
$5,692 state, $1,111 federal, and $4,345 local = $11,148

Spartanburg School District 1 (5,030)
$5,070 state, $724 federal, and $4,488 local = $10,282

Spartanburg School District 2 (9,690)
$4,851 state, $690 federal, and $3,464 local = $9,005

Spartanburg School District 3 (2,980)
$5,326 state, $841 federal, and $5,134 local = $11,301

Spartanburg School District 4 (2,840)
$5,184 state, $1,009 federal, and $3,328 local = $9,520

Spartanburg School District 5 (7,169)
$4,536 state, $821 federal, and $5,849 local = $11,206

Spartanburg School District 6 (10,378)
$4,445 state, $797 federal, and $4,781 local = $10,023

Spartanburg School District 7 (7,030)
$6,386 state, $1,672 federal, and $7,922 local = $15,980

Sumter School District 2 (8,637)
$5,300 state, $1,375 federal, and $3,023 local = $9,697

Sumter School District 17 (8,075)
$5,735 state, $1,272 federal, and $3,613 local = $10,620

Union School District (4,431)
$6,053 state, $1,140 federal, and $2,430 local = $9,622

Williamsburg School District (5,240)
$5,697 state, $2,692 federal, and $2,566 local = $10,955

York School District 1 (5,080)
$5,299 state, $593 federal, and $4,182 local = $10,074

York School District 2 (6,430)
$4,008 state, $557 federal, and $8,233 local = $12,798

York School District 3 (17,314)
$4,998 state, $719 federal, and $4,932 local = $10,650

York School District 4 (9,574)
$3,996 state, $428 federal, and $6,115 local = $10,539